There could soon be moves underway to have Ajay Gupta extradited from whatever country he is in
Can the Guptas escape the long arm of the law?
20 February 2018
Johannesburg – Just how close the Guptas have become to the ruling Dubai monarchy, could play a …

Cancer can be an incredibly raw topic to write and speak about. It seems it is difficult to find someone who doesn’t know somebody whose life has been touched by the disease.
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Cancer can be an incredibly raw topic to write and speak about.
It …

JC Botha in his Livingstone Hospital bed with his sister Martie Botha, left, and wife Adele
Picture: Brian WitbooiThe provincial health department is investigating an incident at Livingstone Hospital’s oncology unit after the family of a terminally ill …

One in five South African babies surveyed in two townships have the same levels of nicotine in their system as active smokers.
Recent research by the Drakenstein Child Health Study shows that infants are facing the consequences of high smoking rates among …

Recent research by the Drakenstein Child Health Study shows that infants are facing the consequences of high smoking rates among pregnant women, including the risk of being born underweight and developing lung problems like asthma.
Of the 1,065 newborns …

SACP leader Chris Hani’s assassin Janusz Walus has launched a renewed court application for his release on parole, subject to his immediate deportation to Poland on his release.
Walus, a Polish immigrant, has served just over 24 years for shooting Hani to …

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The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. FILE PIC. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Wednesday postponed the silicosis and tuberculosis class action litigation to March “in the best interests of judicial economy and the …

Ghana is working to ban the smoking of the wind-pipe tobacco popularly known as Shisha and electronic cigarette by the middle of 2018.
This is according to the Principal Research Officer at the Ghana Health Service, Divine Darlington Logo.
He revealed …

Friday was the first opportunity for Elocia Scott, right, had to scatter the ashes of her mother, Marie, in Jeffreys Bay, and therapy dog Fabio aldo attended
Picture: Werner HillsIt was time Friday for a daughter to say her final goodbye to her mother – …

Gilad Ach is a doer not a talker (Gilad Ach from Ad-Kan speaks at the Jerusalem Conference 2017). Gilad’s work consists of what hardly makes sense in any other part of the world; he is a mole who conducts civil espionage on Israel’s detractors.
Many of us …

It has been a storied year for the country, and for Brand South Africa. It started with a new chair at the African Union and passed many milestones along the way: from the deaths of musicians to the growth of women in an entrepreneurial world, among …

Argentine winger Angel Di Maria nodded in a cross from Kylian Mbappe on 28 minutes at a chilly Parc des Princes, with Pastore powering in a second just after half-time.
Anwar El Ghazi gave Lille, who suspended manager Marcelo Bielsa last month and …

Tens of thousands of people lined the Champs Elysees to watch his white coffin, escorted by some 700 bikers, descend the great ceremonial avenue in what was a state funeral in all but name.
Diehard fans of the leather-clad “French Elvis” began to gather …

Hallyday, a lifelong smoker of untipped Gitanes cigarettes, died of lung cancer on Wednesday aged 74, prompting an outpouring of emotion that France has not seen since the death of singer Edith Piaf.
Diehard fans of the leather-clad “French Elvis” began …

Chris Barnard at a medical conference in Florence, Italy, in 1969.
Image: Getty ImagesLily Cameron‚ 93‚ was overwhelmed when she saw a life-size silicone model of her dear friend Louis Washkansky – the first man to have a human heart transplant – at the …

Daring Media CEO Kazeka Mashologu Kuse launched her book ‘#Braveheart With Red Lipstick’ at the Tramways Building last week Picture: Fredlin AdriaanWhen her breast cancer diagnosis stripped her feminine confidence and dented her financial independence, it …

Peter Jones’ entire scientific career was defined by one unexpected discovery.
He found the drug he was studying changed mouse stem cells to muscle cells, leading his team to link a regulatory mechanism called DNA methylation with the way the instructions …

The goal of the study was to calculate “the contribution of several modifiable risk factors to cancer occurrence,” said the report in the journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Factors that are known to raise the risk of cancer included cigarette …

STEVENSON, Md., March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The securities litigation law firm of Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation, announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Middle District of …

Five Posters Highlighting Selinexor Data, Including in Combinations with Zejula® (niraparib) in Ovarian Cancer and Velcade® (bortezomib) in Neuroblastoma
Two Posters Featuring Eltanexor Data in Prostate Cancer and AML; One Poster with KPT-9274 Data in …

SAN DIEGO, March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- aTyr Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:LIFE), a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative medicines based on novel immunological pathways, today announced operating results for the …

LEXINGTON, Mass., March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTOO) an emerging leader in the development and commercialization of innovative medical diagnostic products for critical unmet needs in healthcare, today announced that John …

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Isomorphic Software – provider of the most advanced platform for building progressive web apps – announced a new skin (‘Obsidian’) included in Release 12.
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A nonprofit corporation opposed to assisted suicide and euthanasia, worldwide
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT , USA, March 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Dore: “The bill applies to people with years or decades to live.”
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MINOT, MAINE, UNITED STATES, March 19, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Jessica Montañez’s goal has always been to deepen and strengthen the connection between animals and people.
Montañez is an animal communicator, healer, spiritual and holistic …

Market Overview of Bone Fracture Research and Detailed Forecast 2018
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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Analysis Information
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Hand, foot and mouth disease is an illness that causes sores in or on the mouth and on the hands, feet, …

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Events & Conferences

Like our previous conferences, the 12th Asia Pacific Travel Health Conference (APTHC 2018) will provide healthcare professionals in the field of travel medicine with stimulating and enriching plenary sessions, free paper sessions and symposia covering such areas as emerging infectious diseases, preventive medicine, primary health care and vaccinology.
Themed “Where Travel and Tropical Medicine Converge”, APTHC 2018 will provide extensive continuing education opportunities and will present unlimited possibilities for networking and career advancement – networking with colleagues and the distinguished regional, international and local speakers who will be leading the programme, and career advancement through the presentation of your research.
We invite all the region’s clinicians, ...

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If you are delighted to learn something new every day just by taking care of patients and if you are enthusiastic about discovering something unexpected day by day and if you are keen to learn from other specialities in- and outside of medicine and if you like good friendship with your greatest competitor andif you are convinced that you can learn a lot from failures andif you welcome global collaborations without borders, you are probably an avowed lupus enthusiast, and we are looking forward to welcoming you in Dü...

Drug Discovery
London, United Kingdom
21st- 22nd March 2018
The pharmaceutical industry is constantly battling the same issue when trying to discover drugs; the process is timely, expensive and usually unsuccessful. Pharma companies are trying to speed up the procedure to make it more accurate and minimise drug leads which are likely to fail further on in the drug development process. Consequently, the event will focus on key developments in this very industry.
SMi’s 2nd annual Drug Discovery conference provides an unprecedented opportunity to gain insight into the use of Artificial Intelligence in silico drug discovery, CRISPR and PROTAC’s, as well as discussing advancements in medicinal chemistry, translational medicine and 3D structure based-discovery.
A selection of ...

Building on the success of previous events, SMi's Controlled Release Delivery conference returns for its 15th year in London on 21-22 March 2018.
As physicians and scientists continue to find strategies to assist in simplifying treatment schedules for patients, a pharma focus continues to move towards innovative controlled release technologies to improve drug transport to target.
Moreover, with the global oral controlled release drug delivery technology market expected to flourish in the next few years, now is the time to get ahead of the game by exploring and understanding innovations in oral-lipid based and abuse deterrent formulations, nanoparticles and nanotechnologies, taste-masking and controlled release approaches, 3D printed dosage forms and functional film coats.
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The 5th Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum: Europe is set to take place on 21 – 22 March in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Designed with scientists, researchers and businesses in mind, this meeting focuses on translational research and product development.
Leaders from academia and industry will present on topics across the vast field of microbiome research, condensing it into two days of incisive presentations, roundtable debates and panel discussions.
Further opportunities to network and form partnerships can be found at the co-located 2nd Probiotics Congress: Europe.

The 2nd Probiotics Congress: Europe is set to take place on 21 – 22 March in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Designed with scientists, researchers and businesses in mind, this meeting focuses on identification, product development and regulation.
Leaders from academia and industry will present on topics across the vast field of dietary supplements, condensing it into two days of incisive presentations, roundtable debates and panel discussions.
Further opportunities to network and form partnerships can be found at the co-located 5th Microbiome R&D and Business Collaboration Forum: Europe.

ePharma is a long-standing platform known to spark insightful conversations and inspire through instructional case studies, out-of-industry perspectives, and leading-edge technology, providing attendees with strategies and tactics to grow as leaders, embrace disruption, and seize innovation. Join more than 500 digital pharma marketers, technologists, and digital agencies at ePharma 2018 to discuss the ongoing digital evolution of marketing practices in pharma and biotech and the continual digitization of the patient and HCP journeys.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are proud to announce that the 12th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy) will take place in Warsaw, Poland on March 22-25, 2018.
In recent years the field of neurology has witnessed enormous growth in clinical and basic data. Conferences are more informative but there is often only limited time for thorough discussions. Consequently a gap appears between the expansion of knowledge and its dissemination and use. CONy provides a platform for international experts to discuss and compare experiences.
The core of the CONy Congress are the debates which enable participants to discuss unresolved issues with leading world experts. The Congress aims at providing the most recent data armoring the clinician with reliable, up-to-date scientific ...